Wu Danniu secretly told Tian Cai these words while Liu Fang was giving her acupuncture. Thinking of the scars she saw on the woman's body during the first acupuncture session, as well as her expression and attitude at the time, Tian Cai also felt strange.
"Are they a good couple?"
As soon as he asked this question, Tian Cai felt that he had said something nonsense. If they had a good relationship, would they still resort to violence?
"I didn't think it was a good idea, but Xiaofang herself didn't think so. She made a pair of cotton shoes for Yingzi before, and I didn't know she made them secretly. I even took them to Cui Wenchang and said some polite words. I didn't expect Cui Wenchang to be so displeased. Later, when I asked her, I found out that Xiaofang made them secretly. She saved some cloth from weaving and spent more than half a year to make a pair of shoes for Yingzi."
"Since then, Cui Wenchang has completely lost trust in Xiaofang. All his family's money is in the hands of Mrs. Cui. Not a cent goes to Xiaofang. You can tell me, a daughter-in-law of this age has some private money. The dowry we gave her when she got married is now in the hands of her mother-in-law. I went to her and she was quite reasonable. She said that young people don't know how to manage money, so she helped the young couple save it."
"Xiaofang thinks she's done something wrong that's why Cui Wenchang doesn't trust her. She even says that if she makes a mistake once, it's worth it. It's all her fault that Cui Wenchang doesn't trust her. I really want to chop her head open with a knife to see if it's filled with shit. Or you could help me persuade her, too. She won't listen to me and always thinks I'm biased against Cui Wenchang."
After hearing this, Tian Cai thought of a popular term on the Internet in later generations - PUA. This is a kind of mental control behavior, which uses words to destroy the other party's self-judgment ability, and then grasp the other party's subjective consciousness, so that the other party can willingly do things for themselves and obey their words.
If one wants to break free from this kind of control, the person involved must first be willing to do so. Judging from the contact between the two during this period, Liu Fang did not feel that there was anything wrong with her husband, nor did she feel that there was anything wrong with her current life.
Tian Cai was about to refuse when Li Guangxia came with Dandan. Wu Danniu's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction when she saw this, but she finally swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Dandan is over one year old now and will be able to walk before the New Year. Now is the time when he is learning to talk, which is particularly fun. Qiuju often takes him to play with her eldest sister's child. The two little guys are only more than three months apart in age, so they can play together.
Several people talked in the main room for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, Tian Cai went into the room and pulled out all the needles on Liu Fang's body. This was her last acupuncture. After that, she would take some herbal medicine for a while and pay attention to rest. As long as the man was healthy, it was only a matter of time before she got pregnant.
Wu Danniu hesitated for a long time, and seeing that Li Guangxia had no intention of leaving, and Liu Fang kept urging her, she could only wave her hand and leave.
Li Guangxia placed Dandan in Tian Cai's arms, and quietly walked to the gate of the courtyard. After making sure that Wu Danniu and her sister-in-law had really left, she curled her lips and went back into the house.
"Xiaotian, did the big girl just tell you that her sister-in-law is having a hard time?"
Tian Cai nodded. Given the relationship between Li Guangxia and Wu Danniu, she should have known it a long time ago.
"Ugh..." Li Guangxia rolled her eyes, pretended to spit on the ground, and said with dissatisfaction, "Listen to my advice, don't get involved in this matter, it has nothing to do with us. Whether she lives a good life or not, what can we gain from it? I've suffered losses in this matter myself, so we should just listen to my advice and don't get involved."
Tian Caiben had no intention of caring about it. Instead, she was quite interested in how Li Guangxia suffered losses.
"How did Auntie suffer before?"
Li Guangxia gets angry when this is mentioned. She has always had a good relationship with Wu Danniu. Their hometowns are from the same place and their villages are next to each other. They know many of the same people and are naturally close to each other. So when Wu Danniu first came, Li Guangxia was willing to help if there was anything she needed.
After a few interactions, the two became closer.
But she is a simple person and usually likes to talk things out face to face.
Over the years, Wu Danniu has been telling Li Guangxia about Liu Fang's misfortunes in the Cui family, which are basically the same as what she told Tian Cai. But Li Guangxia has watched Liu Fang grow up. The little girl was willing to follow Wu Danniu and help her with work, so Li Guangxia has a good impression of Liu Fang.
She is down-to-earth and hardworking, and is an honest and dutiful girl.
So when she heard that the girl was bullied by her mother-in-law's family after her marriage, she felt uncomfortable and went to Cui's house with Wu Danniu to persuade them. Here is what she did to persuade them at that time.
"I told her to resist, and when Cui Wenchang hit her, I went to the kitchen and grabbed a kitchen knife. Even if I couldn't kill him, I had to let this bastard know he wasn't someone to be trifled with. I told him to think twice before raising his fist next time. If I had to hit him lightly, I had to hit him hard to teach him a lesson. Otherwise, he'll never learn his lesson again."
"Even if we don't have time to grab a kitchen knife, we'll still hit him with whatever we can get our hands on. We have to fight back with all our might and let this guy know we're not to be trifled with."
"She had just been beaten by Cui Wenchang the day before. When I went there, her neck was still purple and blue. When I asked, I found out that she was almost strangled to death. There was also a big swelling on her head. Xiaotian, you know, she was so thin that she was just a bag of bones. Coupled with the injuries on her head and face, it was hard to bear to see her. How could a good girl be beaten like that!"
"The beating is over. I told Liu Fang to go back to her parents' home first. We can't go back unless the Cui family comes up with a set of rules. Otherwise, they'll think you're ignorant and beat you again next time. Xiaotian, do you think I'm right? Can't we just stop fighting after the beating?"
Tian Cai also nodded in agreement, clenching his fist and saying, "Of course not. There are only zero and countless times of domestic violence. Divorce him and don't live with him anymore!"
Li Guangxia was about to say something when she was choked. She said awkwardly, "Well, that doesn't mean we're getting a divorce—"
Tian Cai disagreed with her idea. Girls educated in later generations had different ideas from those of this era. She didn't say much, but only urged, "And then?"
Li Guangxia finally found her rhythm. "Then she left everything unpacked and came home with us. I thought this child was finally going to stand up on her own feet, but guess what?"
Tian Cai said flatteringly, "What's the matter?"
"She went back home on her own before the evening of the same day!" Li Guangxia slapped her thigh in anger. "Oh, I was so angry at that time. When I asked, I found out that Cui Wenchang sent someone to tell her to go home and work, and she went back obediently. Tell me, if you were Cui Wenchang, would you still treat her as a toy?"
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